The making of - @Courtesy press office

The making of - @Courtesy press office

The making of - @Courtesy press office

The making of - @Courtesy press office

The making of - @Courtesy press office

The making of - @Courtesy press office

Most people, when confronted with the desire to wear one of Roland Mouret’s gorgeously fitting dresses, have to renounce. The good news are that from August 7th the body of every woman who can access a Banana Republic store (or e-store) will get a chance to be enveloped in such beauty. Thanks to a trip on the Eurostar “Catherine Sadler of Banana Republic saw me on the train, she came up to me and said “You are Roland Mouret? It would be so good to do a collaboration”. I really like it when there is an easiness. This is how it started: Eurostar”.

During our chat he admitted he have never wanted to make a cheap version of his clothes: ”Because that was not the process. The process was to give to a costumer a high end fit, an experience. But I fell in love with the Sloan fabric, and I wanted to base the collection on that fabric, because I knew I could then approach a really tight fit and really similar to something I am draping all the time. It was the trying to understand the high street market at the best I can deliver. I wanted to make the collection with a French mentality where the piece of clothing is your best friend, with a certain laid back attitude. My dresses are sexy but don’t transform your personality and that is what the collection is based around”.

He also added a little styling advice: “These are not automatically 24 hours dresses but you can go from flat to heels and use it for the office and a night out.” To celebrate the launch of the collection Roland and Banana Republic hosted an intimate dinner in a cozy Mayfair restaurant, where friends, journalists and fashionistas could dine whilst admiring the fruits of his labour. Thank you to Roland and Banana Republic for a lovely dinner and a great womanly collection.